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| US rejects Pak opposition to Kerry |
| US rejects Pak opposition to Kerry Lugar bill
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 14-October-2009
4:16:7 AM |
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The US on Wednesday rejected Pakistan's last minute bid to seek a change in the text of the Kerry Lugar bill providing USD 7.5 billion aid to that country, asserting that it did not impinge on its sovereignty as claimed by the Pakistan Army.
As US President Barack Obama prepared to sign the bill into law, senior administration officials made it clear to visiting Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi that they were unlikely to make any changes in the bill, while accusing its opponents of misinterpreting the legislation to serve their own interests.
"I know a number of countries have conditional aid based on meeting certain important criteria. I think the President believes this is appropriate. I think the opponents of this bill... either are misinformed or are characterising this in a different way for their own political purposes," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
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